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Visual studio running on Mac? I’ve been using visual studio code on it for years no problem. I’m now realizing there’s a difference between the two. Care to exp

• mkr-hn 5y ago
  Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code are completely different things. VSC can do a subset of what VS can do, but some people really need the full power of a traditional IDE. VS vs VSC is like the difference between a smartphone camera and a full camera platform. You can rig up an iPhone (VSC) to do everything a D6 (VS) can do, but it won't be as usable.
  • esclerofilo 5y ago
    But Visual Studio 2019 is available for mac.
    • my123 5y ago
      It shares some code nowadays (started with a MonoDevelop codebase). However, Visual Studio (not Code) for Mac is mostly targeted at at C# or mobile development. If you want to make Windows apps, it just doesn't support that scenario.
    • vips7L 5y ago
      And they just announced they’re rewriting it to native for Mac in 2022…